Accidents - Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins - 50+ years old - Year 2002 - Lower Trunk

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,170
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Date: 12/29/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TOOK OUT 2 GARBAGE CANS 2 DAYS AGO. DX: ACUTE LUMBOSACRAL STRAIN, L GROIN RASH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
DX LOWER BACK STRAIN: BENT TO PICK UP GARBAGE CAN AT HOME, INJURED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2002	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT PUTTING A PALM FRON INTO A GARBAGE CAN AT HOME WHEN HE LOST HIS BALA NCE FELL ONTO LEFT HIP FRACTURED HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/09/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING A GARBAGE CAN DX: LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2002	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT LIFTING UP THE LID OF A DUMPSTER AT HER APARTMENT COMPLEX AT HOME LI D GOT STUCK FELL ONTO RIGHT HIP FRACTURED HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/30/2002	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL AND FX HIP WHEN MOVING TRASH CAN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/30/2002	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PAIN TO BACK AFTER MOVING GARBAGE CANS DX: BACK STRAIN WITH INTRACTABLE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT WITH HISTORY OF MULTIPLE HIP DISLOCATIONS. TWISTED AND FELL TO GROUND BY DUMPSTER. D: HIP DISLOCATION. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/20/2002	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
HEARD POPPING SOUND IN BACK WEDNESDAY WHEN TAKING OUT RECYCLE BIN. DX. LOW BACK PAIN, POSS L3 COMP. FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/13/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LIFTING HER RECYCLING BIN AND STRAINED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins, Metal containers
MUSC STR R GROIN/52YOM C/O MILD R PELVIC PAIN AFTER HE CLIMBED IN AND O UT OF DUMPSTER YESTERDAY TO COLLECT CANS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT DX LUMBAR STRAIN/RT FOOT CONTUSION - PT HAD GARBAGE BIN ROLL OVER RT MEDIAL FOREFOOT THEN FELL ON BUTTOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2002	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SUBCAPITAL FX R HIP - FELL WHEN BRINGING GARBAGE CAN IN
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/02/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CONTUSION LWR BACK, PT FELL BACKWARD, STRUCK A GARBAGE CAN AT HOME, C/O PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2002	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LUMBAR PAIN. PT INJURED BACK WHEN PICKING UP A HEAVY TRASH CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
51 Y.O. W MALE W/LS-STRAIN. PT WAS PULLING SOME GARBAGE OUT OF THE GARB AGE CAN @ HOME & INJ SELF. PT ADM. E927
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/08/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT MOVING GARBAGE CAN TO CURB AND IT FELL ON PT DX BACK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2002	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL CARRYING A TRASH CAN DX. HIP CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LUMBAR SACRAL SPRAIN-WHEN HE BENT TO REACH UNDER A GARBAGE CAN-FELT PAI N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2002	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT TAKING GARBAGE CAN OUT, STEPPED IN A HOLE, STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2002	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
WAS HIT IN LOWER BACK WITH LARGE TRASH CAN AT CASINOSOFT TISSUE CONTUSI ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2002	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PAIN IN BACK AFTER LIFTING HEAVY TRASH CAN LIDBACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2002	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
TRIPPED TAKING OUT TRASH CAN DX. HIP HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2002	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
CONTUSION HIP - ALZHEIMER'S PATIENT PRESENTS FROM NURSING HOME AFTER FA LL FROM TRASH CAN SHE TOOK FOR A TOILET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2002	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LUMBAR STR. PT WAS CARRYING A TRASH CAN OUTSIDE AND STRAINED BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2002	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL WHILE CARRYING GARBAGE CAN. DX: R HIP FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/15/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT COMPLAINING OF LOW BACK AND MID-BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING CAN WHILE TAKING TRASH OUTSIDE. D: LOW BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS CARRYING A TRASH CAN AND INJURED BACK. .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT LIFTED GARBAGE CAN. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
LIFTING TRASH CANS HURT BACK LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2002	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
MOVED HEAVY TRASH BIN, DEVELOPED LOW BACK PAIN DX: LUMBAR STRAIN W/ POSS. RADICULOPATHY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
STRAIN LOW BACK - VICTIM SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICE WHILE AT HOME WALKING OUT TO HER DUMPSTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PAIN WHILE CARRYING GARBAGE CAN DX. LS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2002	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
FELL WHILE CARRYING GARBAGE CAN DX. PELVIC FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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